Sarah Baxter

Cinematic Places (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Grimes, Amy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Go beyond the big screen and explore the real places that inspired some of the greatest films of all time - brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork. Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. You'll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right. Travel to the sweeping deserts of Lawrence of Arabia in Jordan, escape to the tumbling hills of San Francisco as seen in Hitchcock's Vertigo or lose yourself in the cobbled lanes of In Bruges. Featured locations:

• London, England, Paddington
• Wells, England, Hot Fuzz
• Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, The Wicker Man
• Belchite & the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain, Pan's Labyrinth
• Montmartre, Paris, France, Amélie
• Bruges, Belgium, In Bruges
• Görlitz, Germany, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Fårö, Sweden, Persona
• Salzburg, Austria, The Sound of Music
• Rome, Italy, La Dolce Vita
• Matmata & Tozeur, Tunisia, Star Wars: A New Hope
• Wadi Rum, Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia
• Mumbai, India, The Lunchbox
• Hong Kong, China, Enter the Dragon
• Seoul, South Korea, Parasite
• Tokyo, Japan, Lost in Translation
• Outback, Australia, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Karekare Beach, New Zealand, The Piano
• Alberta, Canada, The Revenant
• Philadelphia, USA, Rocky
• San Francisco, USA, Vertigo
• Brooklyn, New York, USA, Do the Right Thing
• Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA, Thelma & Louise
• Jamaica, Dr No
• Cusco & Machu Picchu, Peru, The Motorcycle Diaries

Discover some of the world's most fascinating cinematic places and the films that celebrate them. Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places, Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places, Mystical Places and Wild Places.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: White Lion Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780711264311
• Artikelnr.: 66382264

Autorenporträt

Amy Grimes is an illustrator based in London, UK. Drawing inspiration from nature and the natural world, Amy's work often features bright and bold illustrated motifs, floral icons and leafy landscapes. As well as working on commissioned illustrations, Amy also sells prints, textiles and stationery under the brand of Hello Grimes.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Introduction  London
England
Paddington  Wells
England
Hot Fuzz  Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland
The Wicker Man  Belchite & the Sierra de Guadarrama
Spain
Pan’s Labyrinth  Montmartre
Paris
France
Amélie  Bruges
Belgium
In Bruges  Görlitz
Germany
The Grand Budapest Hotel  Fårö
Sweden
Persona  Salzburg
Austria
The Sound of Music  Rome
Italy
La Dolce Vita  Matmata & Tozeur
Tunisia
Star Wars: A New Hope  Wadi Rum
Jordan
Lawrence of Arabia  Mumbai
India
The Lunchbox  Hong Kong
China
Enter the Dragon  Seoul
South Korea
Parasite  Tokyo
Japan
Lost in Translation  Outback
Australia
The Adventures of Priscilla
Queen of the Desert  Karekare Beach
New Zealand
The Piano  Alberta
Canada
The Revenant  Philadelphia
USA
Rocky  San Francisco
USA
Vertigo  Brooklyn
New York
USA
Do the Right Thing  Dead Horse Point State Park
Utah
USA
Thelma & Louise  Jamaica
Dr. No  Cusco & Machu Picchu
Peru
The Motorcycle Diaries